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Today is your last chance to learn all of ZBrush's systems from the algorithms up. This is, seriously, one of the best opportunities to not only learn ZBrush but to learn how ZBrush thinks.

You have Ryan Kingslien, the old school, algorithms up guy and you've got Paul Gaboury, the new school, FiberMesh and DynaMesh guy. They've covered ZBrush since the days of Lord of the Rings, worked with every single ZBrush author, nearly every studio, and hundreds of artists in production around the globe...

This is your chance to learn ZBrush from the same guys who did everything from teach ILM how to use ZBrush for Pirates of the Caribbean to working with artists who develop the latest games such as Mass Effect 3.

Registration closes tonight at midnight and class starts tomorrow morning Saturday, June 2nd at 10AM. Don't miss this chance to dive deep into ZBrush.
http://www.visualarium.com/mastering...paul-gaboury/#

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WOW! We have a grouping of excellent classes literally right around the corner!

First off for you 2D artists: Artistic Anatomy and Figure Drawing, recently re-titled "Anatomy Lessons of the Masters" with Rey Bustos to continue our new LFL series (Living Freaking Legends). If you're able to take the class or not, make sure you check out the content that we have available. You'll definitely learn something new even if it's through a different perspective of the parts you currently know.

Next up is Scott Hartman's Advanced Creature Anatomy. You can tackle this class through 2D or 3D means but I suggest (as with all classes) to study with both principles for maximum results. Scott is a Paleontologist with mind numbing information on pre-historic creatures that will only excite your creative juices.

Last and certainly not least is David Krentz's Dinosaur Sculpting Class. David is one of the foremost experts on Dinosaur creation for feature films and television. With a resume that stretches the length of a scroll, you'll take away some powerful techniques from this weekend intensive class.

Choose your Class:

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With the Fourth of July holiday and some bonus class content being worked on we bumped the classes back a week or so.

This weekend is your last opportunity to take advantage of enrolling with Rey Bustos and his Anatomy course or Scott Hartman's Advanced Creature Anatomy. Both start on July 10th and I'm personally looking forward to both of these classes for completely different reasons. Getting back into some 2D anatomical drawing and study with Rey is going to be a real treat. And I'm really looking forward to problem solving some creative creature anatomy with Scott's class. Information overload perhaps? Luckily these two work well together and are different enough to not completely knock me out.

Hope to see you in class and if you have any questions feel free to ask here or send to: support@visualarium.com

Thanks!

Choose your Class:

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Last chance to take advantage of David Krentz Dinosaur Sculpting Class (weekend intensive). This saturday, Sunday and Monday (21st, 22nd & 23rd), clear your schedule and learn from one of the best in dinosaur production for Film, Television and Animation. David is well known for his work on: Dinotasia (Upcoming) https://vimeo.com/38215113, John Carter, The Spiderwick Chronicles, Dinosaur Revolution, Ant Bully, Disney's Dinosaur and much more.

http://www.davidkrentz.com/

Discovery Channel Dinosaur Revolution:
http://dsc.discovery.com/tv-shows/ot...ion-videos.htm

Interview:
http://junsuifilms.com/interviews/david-krentz/

Good luck with your work and I'll see you this weekend!

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With the release of the new ZBrush 4R4 just yesterday, we've decided to open up class registration for Mastering ZBrush with Paul Gaboury. Not only do you get instant access to the previous seven weeks of class but we will be tackling all the new features of ZBrush 4R4 for the remaining class weeks! So, if you've been looking to learn Zbrush or just want to get up to speed as fast as possible with the new R4 release, then there's no better opportunity than now. You'll learn from the Zbrush master himself - Paul Gaboury, Lead Application Engineer at Pixologic. That's over 30 hours of training in ZBrush 4 R3 and R4!

Upgrade to the new ZBrush here:
http://www.pixologic.com/home.php

Class continues Saturday, June 28th and registration is currently open. Hope to see you in class!
http://www.visualarium.com/mastering...ebinar-replay/



We've also continued to keep David Krentz Dino Sculpting registration open with access from his last class added and new content being added for the live intensive this weekend (28th-30th). David Krentz Dinosaur Sculpting: http://www.visualarium.com/david-kre...lpting-class/#

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Anatomy R4 (Digital) - Ryan Kingslien: http://www.visualarium.com/ryan-kingslien/
That's the topics of our three upcoming classes. Ryan Kingslien's anatomy in ZBrush class is back and updated (as always) with the newest features of ZBrush (ZBrush 4R4). We'll start with the bones and the key landmarks of the bones that will make building up the rest of the muscles easier. There's a lot of studying to do in this 10 Week Anatomy Class but it pays off.

Character Sculpting (Digital) - Kris Costa: http://www.visualarium.com/kris-kosta/
So excited to have Kris Kosta (aka Antropus) doing a class with us and a free webinar this Saturday the 18th! There really is just too much to list that he's done and at such an excellent level of quality. From Pan's Labrynth, Rango, Tranformers DotM to The Avengers. Any aspiring character artists should not miss this. Also check out more of Kris' work at: http://www.antropus.com/artblog/

Constructing the Portrait (Traditional) - Karen Cope: http://www.visualarium.com/karen-cope/
I've personally had the great pleasure of learning from Karen for a short time and I just can't say enough about her as a person, a teacher and a sculptor. You'll learn a lot from her and it will be fun and encouraging all along the way. Classically trained at the Florence Academy in Florence Italy, Karen has techniques from the old masters to share in this 5 Week portrait class.

Looking forward to seeing you in class!

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We're having a free webinar tomorrow (Thursday, September 14th at 10AM Los Angeles time) with Karen Cope to precede the start of her Master Class: Constructing the Portrait. So sign up and check out what Karen has to share. It's pretty tough to find instructors of this level, specifically with this kind of traditional, old master techniques. You would have to study abroad for years in Italy to get this kind of training. I would love to do that myself but it's a heavy commitment and I like my studio.

Also check out "The Tour" to see some more of what we'll be covering in class.

Happy Sculpting!

http://www.visualarium.com/karen-cope/#

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Creature Design for Film - Jordu Schell & Ryan Kingslien: http://www.visualarium.com/jordu-schell/#
Traditional meets Digital in this unique master class with Jordu Schell and Ryan Kingslien. Designer, Sculptor, VFX legend Jordu Schell will be taking you through his secrets of Creature Design working in traditional clay and techniques while Ryan Kingslien shadows Jordu in ZBrush.

Environment Modeling - David Lesperance: http://www.visualarium.com/david-lesperance/#
This is our first Environment class at Visualarium and we're kicking it off with a bang! We're honored to have David Lesperance doing an Environment Modeling class hot off of finishing up production on Halo 4. Sign up for the webinar this coming week and join us for a sneak peak inside the class.

Looking forward to seeing you in class!

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LEARN CHARACTER DESIGN IN 4R4 WITH DANNY WILLIAMS

Blast through your Sculpts. Danny WIlliams aka "Poinpusher" and founder of LunchCrunch will teach you how to SPEED SCULPT your CHARACTERS IN ZBrush4R4 in Live Online Class. Why Speed Sculpt? When sculpting in ZBrush it is common to get carried away with details or technical problems. Speed sculpting is about blasting through those barriers and quickly getting to a result. It forces you to become faster, more efficient sculptor. Being faster lets you iterate through all the bad ideas and get to the good ones before everyone else! Its an important tool in a professional artist's life and is something Danny will spend a good amount of time on in this course.

Register for Preview Webinar on Nov 3rd @10AM PST:
http://www.visualarium.com/danny-williams/

Check Out Danny William's Speed Sculpts:
http://www.visualarium.com/danny-williams-updates/

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LEARN ILLUSTRATION IN ZBRUSH 4R4 with Meats Meier - Free Preview Webinar on Thursday Nov. 15th @ 10 AM PST

An award-winning digital artist, Meats' experience casts a wide net on a range of artistic fields. His past titles include: airbrush artist, lead artist at Beyond Games, a video game studio, and technical director/compositor at the Orphanage on such feature films as Hellboy and Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

As a successful independent artist Meats’ artwork has been featured on the covers of numerous books, magazines, and web sites. He was honored with the prestigious “Maya Master” title by Alias at SIGGRAPH 2003.

You can see his most recent work in the music video world and stage visuals for bands such as Tool, Puscifer, Smashing Pumpkins and the recent Roger Waters "The Wall" live shows.

Link to the Course & to Join Us for a Free Preview Webinar on Thursday Nov. 15th @ 10 AM PST
http://www.visualarium.com/meats-meier/

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In what's sure to be one of the most fun, fascinating, and informative looks into ZBrush 4R4 you will ever have, come check out "Mastering ZBrush" with Pixologic's very own Paul Gaboury! Get an insider's look on what to expect LIVE on Saturday Dec. 15th, @ 10AM PST! Registration is free: https://www.visualarium.com/#

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Steve Lord : An expert in design and fine art business. Able to sculpt traditionally with clays and waxes and sculpt digitally. Can execute concept to finished production ready piece with many different manufacturing techniques, (which include) bronze casting, injection molding, vacuforming, porcelain slip, CNC machine, spin casting, projet 3D systems. Also, specializing in drapery, portraits and anatomical sculpture for humans and animals.

Get an exciting look at what to expect from his great course THIS Thursday, LIVE! Jan. 24th 2013 at 10AM PST. Sign up for Live Webinar!
http://www.zbrushworkshops.com/zbw-m...ure-Sculpting#

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In this 10 Week Master Class, award-winning artist for Marvel's The Avengers, Kris Costa, will give you an inside look at his workflow for modeling Characters. Kris knows that creating amazing, film-quality characters is about more than just having a great sculpt. To be a character artist, you need to know how to model, sculpt, texture, shade, light and composite your final character, all while making it look realistic and believable. Kris is going to show you how! Kris will not only cover the basics, but will give you an in-depth look at anatomy. discuss anatomical flow, and train you to see the patterns in the human form. Kris will also share with you his various modeling and sculpting techniques. Learn to sculpt a skull, the body, hands, feet, arms, accessories and more. This class is an amazing, deep and thorough journey through the development of a character with film production and believability in mind. Don't miss it!

Register for this Saturday's Free Live Preview Webinar here:http://www.zbrushworkshops.com/zbw-m...cter-Creation#

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In this 10 Week Master Class, award-winning artist Kris Costa, (modeler on such films as: The Avengers, Transformers, Pacific Rim, Rango, Barnyard, Pan’s Labyrinth, and more,) will give you an exceptional, industry standard level of training for modeling Characters. Creating amazing, film-quality characters is about more than just having a great sculpt. To be a character artist, you need to know how to model, sculpt, texture, shade, light and composite your final character, all while making it look realistic and believable. Kris will show you how to achieve believability with instruction on anatomical flow, training you to see the patterns in the human form. Kris will also share with you his various modeling and sculpting techniques along with posing, Learn to sculpt a skull, the body, hands, feet, arms, accessories and more. This class is an amazing, deep and thorough journey through the development of a character with film production and believability in mind. Don't miss it!

Register here: http://www.zbrushworkshops.com/zbw-m...cter-Creation#

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What does it really take to create characters for today’s fast-paced game industry? As an industry veteran, Joseph Drust has an inside look at game development and the role character artists play in it. Let him teach you the things no one else is talking about.

During this ten week course, you will take your character from concept to final render using cutting edge tools and Joseph’s tricks of the trade. He’ll show you how to test your design within the game engine and help you understand what is expected in an actual production environment.

Think about how the character functions in the game. Think about the restrictions placed on artists due to the game engine. In the end, Joseph will help you see your character as not only an artistic creation, but as a fully-functional asset in a complex virtual world.

CLICK HERE to register!